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Video Game Review – Batman: The Telltale Series Episode Five – ‘City Of Light’

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Thomas Roach reviews Batman: The Telltale Series Episode Five – ‘City Of Light’… After four episodes, City of Light had a lot to live up to in wrapping up the series. At the end of the last episode you were given a choice whether or not to take down either Two-Face or the Penguin. Depending on […]

Does The Last of Us Need a Film Adaptation?

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Graeme Robertson on whether The Last of Us needs a film adaptation… Video game adaptations are nothing new; with Hollywood in its infinite wisdom thinking that whatever works on the games console, must surely work on the big screen, churning out video game movie after video game movie. We’ve had film versions of Resident Evil, […]

Sega’s Altered Beast and Streets of Rage being adapted for the screen

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Stories International has announced that it has partnered with Circle of Confusion, executive producers of The Walking Dead, Powers, Outcast and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, to develop filmed adaptations of the hit Sega franchises Altered Beast and Streets of Rage, and will explore opportunities for both titles in film and television. Stories is already […]

Pros and Cons of Rocket League Trading

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I had a conversation with a friend the other day due to this entire hubbub about EA’s decisions with Star Wars: Battlefront II. My friend is in with the crowd that the only microtransactions done right are the ones that don’t exist. I think that microtransactions are fine as long as they’re implemented reasonably and […]

Joe Carnahan hypes his Uncharted script, confirms R rating and talks Indiana Jones comparisons

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Sony’s film adaptation of their groundbreaking video game franchise Uncharted has certainly regained life with Stranger Things‘ Shawn Levy coming aboard to direct a seemingly faithful script treatment from Joe Carnahan (The Grey). Speaking to ComingSoon, Carnahan discussed the likely MPAA rating, action, and inevitable Indiana Jones comparisons. Carnahan states “When I wrote Uncharted I didn’t […]

Interview: Composer Jesse Harlin on giving video games such as Mafia III and Star Wars: The Old Republic life through music

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We chat with composer Jesse Harlin… When one’s first credit in the video game industry is a franchise like Star Wars: Republic Commando, becoming a seasoned veteran is destined to happen pretty quickly. Over a decade later and having worked on such highly acclaimed titles as Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, […]

The Year in Disappointment: 2016

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Anghus Houvouras on the biggest disappointments of 2016… By all accounts, 2016 was a pretty disappointing year. It will go down in history as one of the most despised spans of time in human history. There was so much negativity. So much raw hatred and ignorance. Feuding sides that seemed to revel in the other’s […]

Video Game Review – Crazy Kong City – Episode One: Saving Helen Blond on the ZX Spectrum

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Villordsutch reviews Crazy Kong City – Episode One: Saving Helen Blond on the ZX Spectrum… Everyone on the planet is more than aware of Donkey Kong from Nintendo.  Here we find Mario, actually known as Jumpman on the original release, who must scale numerous iron girders to rescue his current squeeze Pauline (Princess Peach was yet […]